The guy who shot the gun might be an exception because only a crazy person is firing guns off at other humans like this
Only a crazy person shoots a gestapo thug in defense of others? (According to the article, the thug had his gun drawn and was about to start shooting protestors.)
Anyone discharging a firearm in a protest is insane man. Guns shouldn’t even be there. I just imagine a giant crowd and stray bullets striking indiscriminately. I’ve lost multiple friends to bullets. One was a stray shot not intended to hit her at all, but she’s still dead and her sons grew up without a mom.
The moment someone opens fire is an escalation point which can go a couple of ways. What if shooting the guy resulted in all of the officers drawing weapons and starting shooting? what if dozens or hundreds of lives were lost? The moment weapons fire is heard is the moment everyone assumes there is an active shooter and reacts. It’s quite literally suicidal to shoot at cops, and they didn’t just risk their life, they risked the lives of everyone else there.
So yeah, no. I don’t really prescribe to shooting cops who haven’t fired a shot and are surrounded by witnesses or cameras. Just like I don’t condone them shooting unarmed protestors.
Only a crazy person shoots a gestapo thug in defense of others? (According to the article, the thug had his gun drawn and was about to start shooting protestors.)
Anyone discharging a firearm in a protest is insane man. Guns shouldn’t even be there. I just imagine a giant crowd and stray bullets striking indiscriminately. I’ve lost multiple friends to bullets. One was a stray shot not intended to hit her at all, but she’s still dead and her sons grew up without a mom.
The moment someone opens fire is an escalation point which can go a couple of ways. What if shooting the guy resulted in all of the officers drawing weapons and starting shooting? what if dozens or hundreds of lives were lost? The moment weapons fire is heard is the moment everyone assumes there is an active shooter and reacts. It’s quite literally suicidal to shoot at cops, and they didn’t just risk their life, they risked the lives of everyone else there.
So yeah, no. I don’t really prescribe to shooting cops who haven’t fired a shot and are surrounded by witnesses or cameras. Just like I don’t condone them shooting unarmed protestors.
I remember being at Occupy protests and watching and experiencing violence and unlawful arrests from police
Then on the national call we realized that cities with open carry laws didn’t experience such violence from police, because natives joined with guns.
We have very recent history of guns keeping protestors safe from police